2005 Lisbon local election

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2005 Lisbon local elections

9 October 2005
All 17 Councillors in the Lisbon City Council 9 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	52.7% 2.4 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Carmona Rodrigues Manuel Maria Carrilho Ruben de Carvalho Party PSD PS PCP Alliance CDU Last election 8 seats, 42.0% 6 seats 2 seats Seats won 8 5 2 Seat change 1 Popular vote 119,837 75,022 32,254 Percentage 42.4% 26.6% 11.4% Swing 0.4 pp N/A N/A   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader José Sá Fernandes Maria José Nogueira Pinto Party BE CDS–PP Last election 0 seats, 3.8% 1 seat, 7.6% Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 22,342 16,723 Percentage 7.9% 5.9% Swing 4.1 pp 1.6 pp
Mayor before election Pedro Santana Lopes PSD Elected Mayor Carmona Rodrigues PSD

The 2005 Lisbon local election was held on 9 October 2005 to elect the members of the Lisbon City Council.

Carmona Rodrigues, who was mayor during Santana Lopes' short period as prime minister from 2004 to 2005, was elected for a full term with 42% of the votes, defeating Manuel Maria Carrilho, from the Socialist Party, who achieved only about 27% of the votes.

The Unitary Democratic Coalition ran alone this time, presenting Ruben de Carvalho and achieving 11% of the votes, which guaranteed two Communist councilors. The Left Bloc, with José Sá Fernandes as the candidate for Mayor, managed to gain a councillor seat for the first time. The CDS – People's Party, with Maria José Nogueira Pinto, managed to keep its councillor, despite losing some votes.

Background

In the 2001 election, the Social Democratic Party led by Pedro Santana Lopes, defeated incumbent Mayor João Soares, supported by the coalition between the Socialist Party and the Communist Party, by a margin of about 0.3%.

In 2004, after Durão Barroso resigned as prime minister to assume the office of President of the European Commission, Pedro Santana Lopes was chosen as prime minister, being replaced as mayor by Carmona Rodrigues. He assumed the office until Santana Lopes' defeat in the 2005 legislative election, after which Santana Lopes regained his office as Mayor of Lisbon.

Electoral system

Each party or coalition must present a list of candidates. The lists are closed and the seats in each municipality are apportioned according to the D'Hondt method. Unlike in national legislative elections, independent lists are allowed to run.

Parties and candidates

Party/Coalition			Political position	Candidate	2001 result
					Votes (%)	Seats
	PSD	Social Democratic Party Partido Social Democrata	Centre-right	Carmona Rodrigues	42.0%	8 / 17
	PS	Socialist Party Partido Socialista	Centre-left	Manuel Maria Carrilho	41.7%	6 / 17
	CDU	Unitary Democratic Coalition Coligação Democrática Unitária PCP, PEV	Left-wing to far-left	Ruben de Carvalho		2 / 17
	CDS–PP	CDS – People's Party CDS – Partido Popular	Right-wing	Maria José Nogueira Pinto	7.6%	1 / 17
	BE	Left Bloc Bloco de Esquerda	Left-wing to far-left	José Sá Fernandes	3.8%	0 / 17
	PCTP	Portuguese Workers' Communist Party Partido Comunista dos Trabalhadores Portugueses	Far-left	Carlos Paisana	0.8%	0 / 17
	PH	Humanist Party Partido Humanista	Centre-left	Pedro Cruz Braga	0.4%	0 / 17
	PNR	National Renovator Party Partido Nacional Renovador	Far-right	José Pinto Coelho	0.2%	0 / 17

Opinion polling

Polling

  Exit poll

Polling firm/Link	Fieldwork date	Sample size	PSD	PS	CDU	CDS	BE	O	Lead
2005 local election	9 Oct 2005	—	42.4 8	26.6 5	11.4 2	5.9 1	7.9 1	5.8 0	15.8
CESOP–UCP	9 Oct 2005	?	40–44	26–30	10–13	5–7	8–10	–	14
Eurosondagem	2–5 Oct 2005	1,569	41.4	30.5	10.1	5.5	8.5	4.0	10.9
Intercampus	1–5 Oct 2005	1,001	34.3	34.7	12.0	4.9	6.9	7.2	0.4
Aximage	3–4 Oct 2005	500	38.5	30.2	8.0	5.6	7.7	10.0	8.3
CESOP–UCP	1–2 Oct 2005	2,410	36	31	10	7	10	6	5
Marktest	1 Oct 2005	503	38.2	27.7	9.2	8.0	9.2	8.3	10.5
Aximage	24–27 Sep 2005	500	39.9	25.7	6.8	4.4	5.7	17.5	14.2
CESOP–UCP	7–11 Jul 2005	989	36	41	6	3	8	5	5
Eurosondagem	20–22 Jun 2005	1,525	36.4	29.6	7.8	4.1	7.5	14.6	6.8
Aximage	22–23 Mar 2005	600	47.2	46.6	—	—	—	6.2	0.6
Eurosondagem	15–16 Mar 2005	1,048	41	44	—	—	—	15	3
2001 local election	16 Dec 2001	—	42.0 8	41.7 8		7.6 1	3.8 0	5.0 0	0.3

Results

Municipal Council

Summary of the 9 October 2005 Lisbon City Council election results

Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Councillors
					Total	±
	Social Democratic	119,837	42.43	0.5	8	0
	Socialist	75,022	26.56	—	5	1
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	32,254	11.42	—	2	0
	Left Bloc	22,342	7.91	4.1	1	1
	People's	16,723	5.92	1.6	1	0
	Portuguese Workers' Communist	2,689	0.95	0.2	0	0
	National Renovator	798	0.28	0.1	0	0
	Humanist	507	0.18	0.0	0	0
Total valid		270,172	95.65	1.2	17	0
Blank ballots		7,538	2.67	0.8
Invalid ballots		4,733	1.68	0.5
Total		282,443	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		536,450	52.65	2.4
Source: Lisbon 2005 election results

Municipal Assembly

Summary of the 9 October 2005 Lisbon City Council election results

Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Seats
					Total	±
	Social Democratic	107,917	38.21	1.6	23	0
	Socialist	77,789	27.54	—	16	—
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	36,569	12.95	—	7	—
	Left Bloc	26,434	9.36	4.5	5	3
	People's	17,700	6.27	2.4	3	2
	Portuguese Workers' Communist	3,613	1.28	0.2	0	0
Total valid		270,022	95.61	1.2	17	0
Blank ballots		7,735	2.74	0.6
Invalid ballots		4,676	1.66	0.5
Total		282,433	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		536,450	52.65	2.4
Source: Lisbon 2005 election results

External links

• 2005 local election results